Weather-strip



(No Model.)

J. W. POWER.

WEATHER STRIP.

Patented June 2, 1885.

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WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,121, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed August 1,1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. POWER, of the town of Carthage, county of Bush, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Veather-Strips, of which the following is aspecification.

My said invention consists in the combination, with a door, of an improved weatherstrip and intermediate mechanism,whereby, when the door is closed, the strip will be raised into contact with the bottom of the door or into a groove formed therein, and thus effectually prevent any rain or wind from passing under said door into the house.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a door provided with a weather-strip embodying my said invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the strip and the bottom of the door on the dotted line 2: z,- Fig. 3, a similar view when the door is partly open and the strip in lowered position, and Fig. 4 ahorizontal sectional view looking downwardly from the dotted line y y. I

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame of the door; B, said door; 0, the weather-strip, and D the bar forming the principal feature of the intermediate operating mechanism. The frame A and door B are shown as the ordinary frame and door of a dwelling, and need no specific description. The strip 0 rises in front of the doorsill A, which forms part of the frame A, and is held in position by two stops, a, one at each end, and the said door-sill, its front edge extending under the door, or forward a sufficient distance to be under the door when it is shut. It is provided with an upwardly-extending arm, 0, in which is a hole,with which the bar D engages. The edges a of the door-sill A and c of the weather-strip C are preferably of metal, the better to resist the excessive wear at this point. As the door B preferably has a groove, 1), in its bottom, as shown, the rear edge of this weather-strip, preferably, has a corresponding bead, (preferably the upper edge of the metal portion c,) which is adapted to enter said groove, and thus more effectuah ly close the crack underneath the door. The bar Dis suspended on apivot-screw, (f, on the door-frame in front of the door, and extends down and enters a hole in the arm 0 of the weather strip. It is provided with a projection, d, preferably in the form of an adjustingscrew, which extends out and is adapted to come in contact with the face of the door as said door is closed, said door being preferably provided with a strike-plate, b, which comes in contact with the end of said screw and prevents said door from being marred by such contact. The form of the opening in this bar at the upper end, which passes over the pivotscrew 0!, is preferablyin the form of a slot with an enlarged lower end of so fiicient size so that when said bar is raised up it can be taken off said pivot-screw without removing the screw from the frame. The weather-stri p (as it rests loosely in its position against the stops a and the door-jambs) can also be lifted out of position and the strip thus entirely removed from the door.

The operation is as follows: The strip 0 and bar D being in position, as showuin Fig. 3, the door on being closed comes in contact with the adj listing-screw (Z, and thus, through the bar D and the arm 0, raises the rear edge of the Weatherstrip into contact with the bottom of the door or into the groove b, formed therein, thus effectually closing the crack which commonl y exists under the door.

The projection d, being, as before described, in the form of an adj usting-screw, can be easily adjusted so that the weather-strip will just come in contact with the door, as will be readily understood, and any wear or swelling or shrinking of the wood thus compensated for.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a door, its frame, the Weatherstrip having an upwardly-projecting arm, 0, and the bar D, pivoted to the doorframe, and provided with a projection, d, substantially as shown and specified.

2. The combination, with a door and its frame, of a weather-strip, G, secured in place by the stops a, and provided with an upwardly-projecting arm, and the bar D, pivoted to ICO jecting arm, and a swinging bar pivoted to the door-frame and connected to said arm, said i 5 bar being also provided with a projection, d, with which the door is adapted to engage, and thus operate said mechanism, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 20 hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 17th day of June, A. D. 1884.

J OHI\ W. POWER. [L. s.]

In presence of- O. BRADFORD, J. H. HILL. 

